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Re: PolyTech Industries Model 2H
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lugnet.space
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Mon, 3 Feb 2003 18:23:09 GMT
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In lugnet.space, Allister McLaren writes:
> In lugnet.space, Tony Hafner writes:
> > A long time ago, I started building little robots that were roughly minifig
> > size. I built this particular robot at least 6 years ago, and I've always
> > loved it. I recently decided to ldraw it and test out a new idea for
> > "instructions". Here is the result- a short animation that shows you how to
> > put it together one piece at a time while it spins in front of you.
> > http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/hafhead/space/Robots/PI2H/pi2hspin.avi
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> Fisrtly, what a cool robot. The animated instruction is a good idea, but it
> seemed to go a little fast on my machine to really see each step clear
> enough to build it. A manual frame by frame advance works better.
Thanks! It seems that everyone thought the framerate was too fast. Having
it looping continuously should solve that- I'm not sure which players people
are using, but Windows Media Player lets you do that. The whole thing is
pretty short such that if you miss a detail and can't see it that well in
the following frames, it only takes a few seconds to get back there.
Also, I was trying to hit a balance between instructions and a cool
animation, so that's the other reason for the speed.
> What software did you use to create it? I'm aware that POVRay has an
> animation feature but haven't explored it's uses yet. Is that what you used?
I used:
MLCAD to build the model
L3P to create the initial POV-Ray file
POV-Ray to animate and render
VideoMach to assemble the clip
> BTW, just today I've been looking at your classic space instructions on the
> BI Instruction Portal. They capture the feel of CS nicely without actually
> being CS. I might make up a few tonight.
Hey, thanks! I've had those around for quite a while and just got around to
adding them to the Portal last week. I'm glad you enjoyed them.
--
Tony Hafner
www.hafhead.com
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